Figure 1. Distribution of Patients (A) and Observed Mortality (B) by Quick Sequential (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) Score and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) Criteria Among Patients With Suspected Infection in the Combined Cohort.

Maximum qSOFA scores and SIRS criteria were calculated based on all available information in the first 24 hours after presentation to study hospital. Error bars indicate 95% CIs. Only those patients with known outcome status were included in the analytic sample for panel B.